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Minchir
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Its story
Minchir is an orange giant in the immense Hydra, the largest constellation in the sky, slithering across more than a hundred degrees of horizon. It lies 372 light-years away and its name comes from the Arabic «minkhir al-shujāʿ», the snake's snout. When you follow it with your gaze, you trace the long neck of the mythological monster that Heracles defeated in his second labour.
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.45
- Distance
- 372.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 129.689° · Dec 3.341°
- Catalogue
- HIP 42402 · HD 73471
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